The Feisty Stepmother's Family Chronicles

Su Xiwei transmigrates one day and becomes a stepmother whose husband died young, leaving her alone to raise his three children with his former wife.

Just as Su Xiwei is preparing to abandon the children and leave, she has a dream. In it, the eldest son rises to become the chief minister, wielding power over the entire court; the second son dominates the battlefield and commands the army; and the daughter marries into the imperial family, becoming the most favored consort in the palace.

After gaining power, they torment their stepmother in every way for having abused and mistreated them, making her wish she were dead.

Su Xiwei swallows nervously. Is it still in time for me to turn over a new leaf?

She promptly puts down her luggage and stays with the three children.

At first, she fusses over them and cares for them tenderly, trying to make amends. But when the three little brats destroy their only source of income, she finally loses her temper and knocks all three of them flat.

Later, Su Xiwei sits with the three children, their noses red from crying, and solemnly declares, “Even if I have to starve to death or jump out the window, I’ll raise you three.”

To make ends meet, Su Xiwei sells vegetables at a stall in the mornings and farms and raises poultry in the afternoons. Once she has saved up enough, she opens an ink factory.

The Hui ink she makes is of the finest quality and never fades, quickly becoming a treasure every scholar in the land longs to own.

With her ink-making skills, Su Xiwei sends the two boys to school and raises her daughter to be plump and healthy.

Just as she plans to stay by her factory and wait for the three children to grow up and make something of themselves, so they can support her in her old age, the vicious nobility set their sights on her livelihood and property, driving her family into a desperate corner.

In her panic, Su Xiwei says, “Looks like you don’t know who’s really behind this ink factory!”

A couple of days later, the real owner shows up.

Prince Regent Yi Jingxing: “I hear you’ve been telling everyone I’m the one behind your ink factory, and that I’m about to become your husband?”

Su Xiwei: “...I didn’t say that last part.”

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